Russell really wants to be an organizer and/or a creator. That is awesome. If Russell had his way, he would want to be a designer and work on the frontend user experience. I see Russell as a guy with his nose to the wind, looking for what is coming next and what is trending... (like a character from "Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson - the character's name is "Sniff" - a mouse character that follows his nose as a way of navigating the maze).

He has been doing great as a coordinator and project manager as well. Super awesome. As we kept talking, we talked about designers who had to turn into developers to get their ideas into the real world and into being used. They, the designer type persons, come up with the dream, but then they needed to get it to work and/or come alive. Hence, a designer tuned developer. Kinda fun. Both Russell and I have walked that path. The other common path in the development side is just starting with the code and jumping right into code vs being on the creative/designer side first. We haven't seen a developer turn to a designer very often... it usually only goes one direction.

We are faced with a challenge and then trying to make it happen and/or getting that scenario all worked out. That is what we do every day. Ideally, we are wanting to give back and say thank you for the opportunity. Along with that, we also are trying to bring a value to the mix and/or bringing a value to the team. Delivering a value for money and/or some other form of compensation.

Russell and I were talking about what makes us tick... Russell was saying that he loves the details and seeing the data. Basically a visual representation of what he is doing. Seeing the data builds the trails and records the story. Fun stuff.

The deeper we go, the more that communication and maintaining things becomes important.